Well-bucket.



PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.

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Patented March 22,- 1904.

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OLEN PIERRE, OF HUSSER, LOUISIANA.

WELL-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters iPatent No. 755,535, dated March22, 1904.

Application filed October 30, 1903.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLEN PIERRE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Husser, in the parish of Tangipahoa, State of Louisiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ell-Buckets; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to buckets for wells; and it has for its objectto provide a bucket having in its bottom an opening for ingress andegress of water and a valve for the said opening so connected with thebail of the bucket that when the bail falls laterally, as when thewell-rope is slack when the bucket reaches the bottom of the well or thewaterlevel, the valve will be positively open, so that water will runinto the bucket without necessitating tilting of the bucket, as iscustomary, to cause the bucket to take water over its edge orrim.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction whereinthe valve will be held positively in closed position when the bucket israised by its bail and cannot open until the bail is released and swunglaterally.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in both the views,Figure l is a vertical section taken centrally through a Well-bucketembodying the present invention, the valve, the bail, and theconnections between the bail and valve being in elevation with the valvein closed position. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the bucket withthe valve and its rod in elevation and the bail with its crank-arm insection.

Referring now to the drawings, the present bucket comprises a bodyportion 5 of any suitable dimension, having a bottom 6, centrally ofwhich is formed a downwardly-flared opening or valve-seat 7, thisopening being designed for ingress and egress of water.

A rigid bail 8 is provided for the bucket and is substantially U-shaped,the ends of the bail being disposed against the outer face of the bucketat diametrically opposite points Serial No. 179,155. (No model.)

adjacent to the upper edge thereof, these ends of the bail beingconnected to the ends of a shaft 9, which has bearings in the wall ofthe bucket, the central or middle portion ofthe shaft being bentupwardly into U shape in the plane of the bail to form a crank-arm 10.With this arrangement it will be seen that when the bucket is suspendedby its bail the crank-arm will stand vertical Within the inclosure ofthe bail.

A conical valve 11 is provided for the opening in the bottom of thebucket, said valve being carried at the lower end of a valve-rod 12,which is passed upwardly and centrally of the bucket and is pivotallyconnected at its upper end through the medium of an eye 13, whichengages the bight portion 14: of the shaft 9.

The valve-rod is of such length that when the bail is in verticalposition and the bucket is suspended thereby the valve will .be heldfirmly in the valve-seat, the shaft 9 being more or less resilient, sothat the valve may engage the seat before the bail has quite reached thevertical position, and the shaft will then be placed under tension tohold the valve more securely in closed position and prevent any movementfrom its seat, as the bucket may swing while being drawn from a well.

The bucket is raised and lowered by means of a rope or other connection15, and while being lowered into a Well the valve is held in closedposition, as above described. When the bucket reaches the water andrests thereon, the bail falls over to one side, which action is assistedby the Weight of the rope and the tension of the shaft 9, and furthermovement of the bail serves to open the valve, so that water may runinto the bucket and sink it. As soon as an attempt is made to raise thebucket by its bail, Whether the bucket be full or not, the valve isclosed, and the water therein is retained and raised from the well.

-T he bucket may then be emptied by tilting it or by manipulation of thebail to open the valve.

In practice modifications of the specific construction shown may bemade, and any suitable materials and proportions may be used for thevarious parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. A bucket having an inlet-opening provided with avalve, a pivoted bail for the bucket and connections between the bailand the valve, said valve being movable with the bail into and out ofclosed position when the bail is swung into and out of active positionto suspend the bucket.

2. A bucket having an inlet-opening, and

' outwardly-opening valve for the opening, a

pivoted bail for the bucket, a crank-arm movable with the bail and a rodconnected with the Valveand crank-arm and adapted to hold 5 OLEN PIERRE.

Witnesses:

P. S. BOHM, JOHN PULEsDoN.

